Chad E. Dobson currently serves as VP, Chief Accounting Officer at Churchill Downs Incorporated. Chad began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in 1999 upon graduating from UK’s Von Allmen School of Accountancy. He worked his way through PwC to Senior Manager and served clients such as Humana Inc., Steel Technologies Inc., Churchill Downs Incorporated, Brown-Forman Corporation, and Kentucky Farm Bureau.
Chad’s career has included positions at Tempur-Pedic International Inc. where he became the Director of Global Financial Reporting, and assisted with the due diligence and integration efforts of the acquisition of the Sealy Corporation in March 2013. In May 2013, he joined Viamedia, Inc., a private-equity owned company in Lexington, Kentucky, as VP of Finance and Corporate Controller, and oversaw all finance activities including accounting, financial reporting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, treasury, financial planning and analysis, and payroll.Chad earned a BS in Accounting from the Gatton College of Business and Economics and is a certified public accountant.
